''Post hoc'' (sometimes written as ''post-hoc'') is a Latin phrase, meaning "after this" or "after the event".
''Post hoc'' may refer to:
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''Post hoc'' analysis or ''post hoc'' test, statistical analyses that were not specified before the data were seen
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''Post hoc'' theorizing, generating hypotheses based on data already observed
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Post hoc ergo propter hoc
''Post hoc ergo propter hoc'' (Latin: 'after this, therefore because of this') is an informal fallacy that states "Since event Y ''followed'' event X, event Y must have been ''caused'' by event X." It is a fallacy in which an event is presumed to ...
'' (after this, therefore because of this), a logical fallacy of causation
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"Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" (''The West Wing''), an episode of the television series ''The West Wing''
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''Propter hoc'' (disambiguation)
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''A priori'' and ''a posteriori'', Latin phrases used in philosophy meaning "from earlier" and "from later"
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'', Latin phrase meaning "after the event"
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Ad hoc
''Ad hoc'' is a List of Latin phrases, Latin phrase meaning literally for this. In English language, English, it typically signifies a solution designed for a specific purpose, problem, or task rather than a Generalization, generalized solution ...
'', a solution designed for a specific problem or task, Latin meaning "for this"
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